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N0.528,624. Patented Nov. 6, 1894.

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Unirsev STATES GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT & HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,624, dated November 6, 1894.

Application {iled April 27,1894.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I,'GEORGE E. ADAMS, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and Auseful Improvements in Cast-Offs;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in.

cast-offs for Suspenders and it consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be now described and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification. n

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view looking at the front with the two members separated. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the buckle member showing the tongue before itis bent up into position. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the buckle member alone. Fig. 4 isa similar view with the cast-off in place. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the lower portion of the buckle member.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

The suspender ends, web and buckle, by which is meant the means for securing the 'metallic member to the web, usually a locking lever, need not be described herein, as

theyare all well known, in common use, and Y form no part of the present invention save in so far as they must be included as classes of devices in order to secure operative combinations. Y l

The letter' A indicates the buckle member or member which is adapted to be secured to the shoulder webbing or elastic in any well known or preferred manner. The lower portion of this memberA is extended in the form Seria1No.509,2l14. (No`model.)

stitutes the spring catch which-holds the castoff in place, as will now appear.

In forming the aperture C, the metal is struck out toward the front and left attached to the body at the bottom, forming a hook lip or disk D. The springcatch lies beneath the hook lip or disk 'and it is only necessary to provide the cast-off with a fiat Aprojection or portion which will pass in behind the hook lip forcing the spring catch to the rear, and if desired, allowing it to drop into a central recess or depression, in order to secure a most efficient means for coupling the parts together.

In the preferred construction of cast-off, a loop E is provided for the attachment of the suspender end, (Fig. l) and the upper portion is formed with an elongated opening F surrounded by a bead or protecting ornamentation of some character, such as G. In the upper portion of the opening there is a depending plate orsubstantially fiat projection H formed with a central recess, and of proper shape to fit in behind the hook lip D and unite the cast-off and buckle members.

The cast-off member may be struck up from sheet metal and the substantially dat projection II left integral therewith as shown, it only being necessary to cut the-metal away slightly on each side to allow of the swiveling of the cast-off to accommodate the movement of the body of the wearer.

In coupling the device, the cast-off is passed over the hook lip and drawn down when the projection H will snap into the recess forming a strong union not liable to become accidentally detached, and when it is desired to detach the cast-off it is only necessary to give it a positive upward movement with sufficient power to spring the catch outof the aperture or recess, when the parts at once separate.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new is l. In a device, such vas described, the combination with the buckle member having the forwardly projecting hook lip struck up from the body of the member leaving an aperture, and the spring tongue having the projection passing through said aperture and forming a spring catch underlying the hook lip, of the ssl roc

lip, of the cast-off having the elongated opening therein through which the hook lip passes and the substantially flat projection H in the upper end of the aperture, adapted to pass in behind the hook lip and havingr the recess for cooperation with the spring catch whereby the pawls are held together; substantially as described.

GEORGE E. ADAMS. W'tnesses:

E. N. STANLEY, A. S. PARSONS. 

